Franklin LAWRENCE

Male 1852 - 1926  (74 years)


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  • Name Franklin LAWRENCE 
    Born 20 Feb 1852  Weston, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref: Death Cert.
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Jun 1926  Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 12y. 2431 Yonge St. Aged COD Broncho Pneumonia
    Buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Red granite monument, Plot C14-24.
    Person ID I683  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2020 

    Father Capt. John Willson LAWRENCE, .xiv
              b. 1 Jul 1815, Town of York (Toronto), York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Mar 1899, Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Sarah Majorie MARGERY STREET
              b. 28 Dec 1820, Thorld, Lincoln Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 May 1899, Toronto (Eglinton), York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married May 1848 
    Family ID F215  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . Franklin is the son of Sarah Majorie MARGERY Street (28 Dec 1820 Niagara Falls, New York - 13 May 1899, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
      and Capt. John W Lawrence. (1 Jul 1815- 24 Mar 1899)

      . 1908 Toronto Directory
      F. Lawrence, Farmer, corn. Young & Lawrence Ave., Eglinton
      B S Lawrence, clerk, Briar Hill Ave.
      G Lawrence, Carpenter, Balliol St.
      H Lawrence, farmer, Davisville, Ave.
      Lawrence, Saml., farmer Roehampton Ave.,
      Lawrence, R florist, Castlefield Ave.
      F S Lawrence, clerk, Dom express, Erkine Ave.
      C Lawrence, Laborer, Smith Ave.( location?)
      RESEARCH NOTE: All of the above streets are on the east side of Yonge Street, quite near Eglinton Avenue.

      . 1909 Toronto Directory
      Frank Lawrence, farmer, Yonge St. E side
      Harry Lawrence, constable Balliol, North Toronto
      Hy T Lawrence, farmer, Davisville Ave., North Toronto

      . 1907 Nov 14, Grant, Franklin Lawrence, Samuel B & John W Lawrence, Executors of John Lawrence said Franklin, Samuel B, John W Lawrence & Minnie Redditt,
      to Jos A Montgomery, $47,000 ALL NE corner.
      . 1910 Dec 14, Plan 1534, Dovercourt Land Building & Savings Co. Ltd. (Sarah A Harris, Franklin & S.B. Lawrence & J. Willson Lawrence, Mortgages.

      Ontario Land Registry:
      Lot 6, Con 1, EYongeSt. Twp., Abstract Book 401, Metro Toronto, p113
      . 1905 Oct 12, Franklin Lawrence, to John W Lawrence & Samuel B Lawrence, Executors of John Lawrence. xxx Signed W S Gibson OLS.
      . 1908 Executors sold various pieces for $25, $75, $350
      . Land Transfer for $35, Lot 6, Con 1 Yonge Street West side.

      . 1898 Oct 19 - 23 Nov 1909, Franklin Lawrence, Samuel B Lawrence & John W. Lawrence, Executors of John Lawrence said, Franklin Lawrence, Samuel B Lawrence & John W. Lawrence & Minnie Reditt recites death of John Lawrence leaving him serving a widow & 4 children. No children having predeceased him. Recites death of widow & grant of probate to the grantees herein.
      Ref: Land Registration Office, York County.

      . 1926 Jul 30 Letters of Probate for Estate of Franklin Lawrence, who died June 3, have been granted to deceased's brother, Samuel B Lawrence, The estate, which totals $96,112, is copies of person? of $71,112 & a house at 88 Blythwood Rd. Valued at $25,000. Neta Elder & Lilla Noden, nieces are willed life incomes of $5,000 each, the widow of Charles McKendry a close fiends of the descendant, is to received an annuity of $400 until she wells her property, or until Oct 17, 1929 & after other minor bequests the residue is to be divided equally between Minnie Reditt, J Willson & Samuel B Lawrence. The trustees are insured by the Will to be lenient in regard to $1,100 & $1,500 mortgages against 2 tenants. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S105] Ontario Archives.